A basement staircase caught mid-job – the striated grey carpet fitted on the upper steps, tools still sitting on the treads below, fresh gripper waiting by the wall.
We include this one because the middle of the job is where stair quality is decided. Working top-down, each step gets its gripper, its pad, and its carpet folded tight over the nosing and fastened before the crew moves down to the next – the unglamorous sequence that keeps a staircase tight for years.
By the end of the day this run was finished, tools packed, and the basement stairs handed back – but the in-between is the part worth showing.